GENESEE COUNTY — The Michigan Department of Education released results of the 2010 Michigan Merit Exam today.
Flint Community Schools showed some improvement compared to last year in the percentage of students scoring at proficient or advanced levels in reading and writing.
The percentage that met standards in science remained about the same and there were declines in social studies and math proficiency.
In Grand Blanc, numbers improved in math, reading and science with slight declines in writing and social studies.
View all the data here.
The MME exam is an annual assessment of high school juniors taken in the spring.
The MME is used as a measurement of adequate yearly progress, or AYP, a No Child Left Behind Act-mandated assessment of annual improvement.
MME scores used to determine eligibility for the Michigan Promise Scholarship, but state budget cuts eliminated that program.
The state as a whole saw its highest levels ever in math, science, reading and writing.
This version corrects that Flint schools had declines in two subjects.